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English Dictionary: mature	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
mature adj characteristic of maturity; "mature for her age" [ant: immature] fully considered and perfected; "mature plans" Synonym(s): mature, matured having reached full natural growth or development; "a mature cell" Antonym(s): immature fully developed or matured and ready to be eaten or used; "ripe peaches"; "full-bodied mature wines" Synonym(s): ripe, mature Antonym(s): green, immature, unripe, unripened (of birds) having developed feathers or plumage; often used in combination Synonym(s): fledged, mature Antonym(s): immature, unfledged v develop and reach maturity; undergo maturation; "He matured fast"; "The child grew fast" Synonym(s): mature, maturate, grow develop and work out fully in one's mind; "I need to mature my thoughts" become due for repayment; "These bonds mature in 2005" cause to ripen or develop fully; "The sun ripens the fruit"; "Age matures a good wine" Synonym(s): ripen, mature grow old or older; "She aged gracefully"; "we age every day-- what a depressing thought!"; "Young men senesce" Synonym(s): senesce, age, get on, mature, maturate cause to ripen and discharge pus; "The oil suppurates the pustules" Synonym(s): suppurate, mature
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Mature \Mature"\, a. [Compar. {Maturer}; superl. {Maturest}.] [L. maturus; prob. akin to E. matin.] 1. Brought by natural process to completeness of growth and development; fitted by growth and development for any function, action, or state, appropriate to its kind; full-grown; ripe. Now is love mature* in ear. --Tennison. How shall I meet, or how accost, the sage, Unskilled in speech, nor yet mature of age ? --Pope. 2. Completely worked out; fully digested or prepared; ready for action; made ready for destined application or use; perfected; as, a mature plan. This lies glowing, . . . and is almost mature for the violent breaking out. --Shak. 3. Of or pertaining to a condition of full development; as, a man of mature years. 4. Come to, or in a state of, completed suppuration. Syn: Ripe; perfect; completed; prepared; digested; ready. Usage: {Mature}, {Ripe}. Both words describe fullness of growth. Mature brings to view the progressiveness of the process; ripe indicates the result. We speak of a thing as mature when thinking of the successive stayes through which it has passed; as ripe, when our attention is directed merely to its state. A mature judgment; mature consideration; ripe fruit; a ripe scholar.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Mature \Mature"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Matured}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Maturing}.] [See {Maturate}, {Mature}.] To bring or hasten to maturity; to promote ripeness in; to ripen; to complete; as, to mature* one's plans. --Bacon.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Mature \Ma*ture"\, v. i. 1. To advance toward maturity; to become ripe; as, wine matures by age; the judgment matures by age and experience. 2. Hence, to become due, as a note.